US Elections Are Vulnerable to Cyber Attacks

The real vulnerability isn't hardware or software, it's Americans themselves. As Fox News has shown, there is group of Americans who will believe anything if it fits their biases. They aren't interested in facts, truth, honesty, or morality. What they are interested in is having something bad to say about Democrats. That's it. This is what Putin figured out, and what he continues to take advantage of.

That's my observation as well. As correctly noted by NoNukes, we are all susceptible to confirmation bias. However, there still seems to be a modicum of self awareness and skepticism on the left that has nearly disappeared from the right side of the political spectrum. Commentators on MSNBC and CNN still present facts and don't cook up completely unsupported conspiracy theories like those see at Fox News. If there was someone like Alex Jones on the left, he would be laughed out of town and wouldn't have near the support that Jones has. Sometimes you have to let the child burn themselves on the hot stove before they will learn their lesson. The real question is whether Trump supporters have the ability to even detect when they have been burned. It could also be that Trump supporters are so taken in by their tribalism that they will go down with the ship instead of simply admitting the truth.

My mother is often my viewport into the right wing echo chamber. My recent favorite is her claim that the reason she rejects climate change is because she understands the science. She will also randomly trot out these completely outlandish conspiracy theories that I thought any reasonable person would see right through, but she believes them. There are times where I almost feel like asking my mom if she posts at EvC under the pseudonym "Faith".Getting back to the topic . . . I have seen first hand how people are completely taken in by this obvious propoganda. It works. I don't know how, but it works. Sometimes my only response is to stay silent and try not to let my jaw hit the floor.